RHP Dillon Tate: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 3/4 GB/FB — 68 of 101 pitches were strikes (67%) … the ten strikeouts are one short of his career high … hope to see more games like this … if nothing else, Tate consistently pitches deep into games … he’s gone at least six innings in each of his last seven starts, which is no small thing in the minors where pitch limits are prevalent

The High-A Tampa Tarpons are off until Monday for the All-Star break. The All-Star Game itself is tomorrow night at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Tickets are pretty cheap. Here are the North and South rosters. SS Diego Castillo, C Francisco Diaz, RHP Nick Green, LHP Trevor Lane, RHP Adonis Rosa, RHP David Sosebee, and 1B Brandon Wagner were all selected to the All-Star Game. RHP Mike King and RHP Trevor Stephan made it as well, though they’ve since been promoted to Trenton.

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (3-1 win over Brooklyn) this is their Opening Day, so here is the full lineup as per DotF tradition … here’s the roster … 3B Nelson Gomez, who signed for $2.25M during the 2014-15 international spending spree, is on the restricted list because he basically walked away and quit baseball last year, but he hasn’t officially retired and the Yankees still have his rights